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Huffington Post By Preeti Vissa How would you feel if Santa left $1.9 trillion in your Christmas stocking? Don’t worry — I wouldn’t know how to spend that much money either. But a $1.9 trillion boost to our economy could…Continue reading

Next City By Sarah Trent Streets are among the most used public assets, but for many in Najari Smith’s Richmond, Calif., community, those streets don’t feel like the safe, accessible public infrastructure they’re meant to be. In 2012, Smith founded Rich…Continue reading

The Chronicle of Philanthropy By Nat Chioke Williams On Saturday, people from around the world will commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’s recovery, few people in black working-class neighborhoods…Continue reading

huffingtonpost.com By Preeti Vissa The good news is that recent revelations about foreclosures being finalized based on improper documentation — legal filings often not even read by the bank officials who signed hundreds or thousands of them at a time…Continue reading

The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint by Sasha Werblin and Jane Duong It’s an old joke, made famous by President Ronald Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to…Continue reading

The Wilmington Wire by Lauren Valdez Another refinery explosion. Another flaring incident. Another industrial project polluting our air. We are used to hearing the bad news, but things are starting to look up for Wilmington. California took the lead in…Continue reading

Al Jazeera America by Justin Rausa I live in Oakland, California, around the corner from a trendy bar that touts more than a dozen local beers on tap and even more craft brews by the bottle. Down the street from…Continue reading

Inside Philanthropy By Michael Hamill Remaley Many people who work in the philanthropic sector are beginning to grapple with embedded racism in ways that they haven’t before. Organizations and individuals are asking existential questions that relate to power, interpersonal…Continue reading

Source: LA Watts Times | Written by: KELLIE MIDDLETON, M.P.H. and LEN CHANTY Slow and steady wins the race… If Aesop’s moral holds true, then the race for black equality and social justice, which started nearly 40 years ago, should…Continue reading

Greentech Media By Emma Foerhinger Merchant Though scant on details of what a transportation overhaul might look like, the Green New Deal — really a framework designed to generate more specific policy proposals — has already caused a partisan stir around…Continue reading